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Op.Dr. İbrahim Altoparlak was born in 1977 in Erzurum.

He started his medical education at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine in 1995 and completed it in 2001. In 2001, he started his specialization training at Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Ear Nose and Throat Clinic, and completed his specialization in 2006. Between 2006 and 2009, he improved himself in Head and Neck Tumor Surgery and Aesthetic Nose Operations in Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ear Nose and Throat Training Clinic. He has awarded papers at scientific meetings and articles published in scientific journals. Between 2010 and 2018, he worked as a physician at Istanbul Private Doğan Hospital and Private Service Hospital. He has been working in his own practice as of October 2018. In addition, since 2021, 

Dr.Altoparlak continues his operations with the Aesthepan clinic. Dr.Altoparlak performs at least 2 or 3 aesthetic operations a day, and he has hundreds of successful surgeries.

Professor Antonino Spinelli is the Director of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery at Humanitas Research Hospital.

The Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery is one of the most important centres for colorectal disease, especially for procedures of sphincter preservation for rectal tumours, but also for chronic inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn disease, ulcerative rectal colitis…) and the surgical treatment of diverticular pathologies. 

Professor Spinelli carries out a constant research on minimally invasive surgeries, including the single-port surgery, mini-laparoscopy, low-impact surgery and trans-anal techniques (TATME, TAMIS, TTSS). Furthermore, the advanced postoperative recovering is another area of his interest.

He graduated as MD in 2001 at University of Milano. During his education, he won several scholarships: he trained ad University of Berlin Charitè for two years at the Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery. Also, he obtained his PhD on Surgical Phsyiopathology with a dissertation on enhanced recovery for laparoscopic colorectal surgery in 2011. 

Current Teaching Activity: he is Full Professor of Surgery at Humanitas University. 

Also, Professor Spinelli is general Secretary of the European Society of Coloproctology (ESCP) and Board Member of the Guidelines Committee (GulCom) of the European Crohn Disease and Colitis Organization (ECCO). He is Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgery (FASCRS), Honorary Fellow of the Czech Society of Surgery (CSS) and Honorary Member of the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery (CBCD). 

He is a member of the International Organization for the study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IOIBD) and several other national and international scientific societies. 

In addition, Professor Spinelli serves as Associate Editor for Colorectal Disease (Journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain & Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons of England, of the European Society of Coloproctology and of the Spanish Society of Coloproctology – Asociación Española de Coloproctología), Diseases of the Colon and Rectum (official journal of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons), Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon (official journal of the Japan Society of Coloproctology).

He is Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Crohn’s Colitis (official journal of the European Crohn’s Colitis Organization), Advisory Board of Coloproctology (official journal of the German Society for Coloproctology – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Koloproktologie) and Editorial Board Member of Updates in Surgery (official journal of the Italian Society of Surgery – Società Italiana di Chirurgia).

Position Title    Place of Duty    Year

Medical Practitioner    
Çerkeş Health Clinic (Compulsory Service)    
1993
Residency Education    
Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital    
1994-1998

Clinical Observer    Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Now York City, New York, U.S.A.    November 1997 – January 1998
Clinical Observer and Trainee    Ear Microsurgery and Temporal Bone Dissection, House Ear Institute, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.    
January 1998
Otorhinolaryngologist    
Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital    
1998-2001

Visiting Fellow    
Department of Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.    May 1999- August 1999
Chief Resident in Otorhinolaryngology    
Ankara Numune Training and Research Hospital    
2001-..
Title of Associate Professor    Department of Otorhinnolaryngology, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University    2004-